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(Men J. H. BRONSON.

SAFE-TY PIN. V I No. 556,001; Patented Mar. 10, 1896.

WITNESSES: INVEN TOR A TTO/ME) ANDREW B GRAHAM.PHOT0-UTNO WASMINGTO ND,C.

Nirn STATES JULIUS HOBART BRONSON, OF lVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORTO THE OAKVILLE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'N'o. 556,001, dated March10, 1896. Application filed August 30, 1895. Serial No. 560,984. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ULIUs HOBART BRON- SON, of WVaterbury, in thecounty of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Safety-Pins, of "which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safety-pins which are intendedparticularly for fastening bandages upon the person in the mannerpracticed by physicians and nurses; and the invention consists of asafety-pin comprising a finger-piece secured to the back of the pin andhaving substantially the form and relation to the other parts of the pinherein described and claimed.

011 the accompanying sheet of drawings,

Figure 1 shows the pin in perspective, held as if about to be insertedin a piece of cloth; Fig. 2, a plan of the blank from which thefinger-piece is formed, and Fig. 3 a side view of the pin.

2 5 Similar reference-numerals designate like parts in the differentviews.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the application andremoval of safety-pins to and from bandages especially, but also otherpieces or articles of cloth which are drawn tightly over an object, sothat the finger cannot be conveniently passed between the object and theoverlapping parts of the cloth which are to be fastened together. Theuse 3 5 of the common safety-pin under such circumstances is difficultfor the reason that it is apt to turn in the fingers and to be bent outof its proper shape by the strain, and besides there is danger ofthrusting the point of the pin 0 into the flesh owing to lack of controlover it; but a pin provided with the finger-piece herein described maybe held firmly between the thumb and forefinger and readily inserted inand withdrawn from bandages or cloth in 5 any form, since not only isthe handling of the pin rendered convenient by the fingerpiece, but thepin is stiffened by it and so made subject to better control, as well asmore durable, than the common pin.

The safety-pin to which the finger-piece is to be attached is made thesame as if it were intended for use without the finger-piece, beingcomposed of a sharpened member 1, coil, 2,back 3 and shield 4. Thefinger-piece is preferably formed from a blank 5, of thin sheetbrass orother suitable material, the blank having the wings 50, the notch 51,and the narrow end 52, with the tapering part 53 between the wings andthe narrow end, as shown in Fig. 2. This blank is converted into thefinger-piece 6 by bending it lengthwise mid way between its edges andclamping it to the back of the pin, as indicated in Fig. 3, the wings 50being pressed close together, so that they form the broad part 60 of thefingerpiece, and the part 53 being bent closely around the wire. Theblank is so placed on the back of the pin that the edge of the coil 2rests against the edge of the blank at the end of the notch 51, so thatthe part 60 of the finger-piece to be formed by the wings 50 shallproject backward over the coil. This renders the finger-piece especiallysecure and fixes it in the most desirable position.

When the pin is tobe inserted in or removed from a bandage, for example,the broad part 60 of the finger-piece 6 is grasped between the thumb andforefinger, as represented in Fig. 1, and the pin is then operated,particularly when it is being inserted in a bandage, much more easilyand safely than an ordinary safety-pin.

It is obvious that an attachment in the form of the finger-piece 6 andembodying the main idea of this invention may be made and applied to apin in other ways besides that above described, and it is not to beunderstood that this invention is limited to a device having exactly thestructure of the particular fingerpiece shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A safety-pin provided with a thin fiat finger-piece rigidly affixedtothe back of the pin, and projecting outward therefrom, and beingbroadest adjacent to the coil, and there having the part 60 whereby thepin may be firmly held by the thumb and forefinger closed wings 50 beingpressed close together above on the part 60, substantially as described.and adjacent to the coil, substantially as de- 2. A safety-pin providedwith a finger-piece scribed. 6, consisting" of a flat blank 5'f01dedlength- JULIUS HOBART BRONSON. 5 Wise, midway between its edges, andclamped In presence of to the back of the pin, the coil of the pin rest-A. A. STONE, ing against the end of the notch 51, and the VALTER PLACE.

